To ensure a safe and caring environment for children and youth
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) provides national technical assistance to organizations serving refugees
and immigrants so that all newcomer children and youth can reach their potential.

Over 13,600 unaccompanied children were in the care & custody of ORR during 2012. Learn more about our on-going effort to protect vulnerable children!
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The convening will be held May 21-24 in Arlington, VA and will offer workshops and plenary sessions on selected topics of interest to immigration practitioners.

This project is aimed at assisting refugees in becoming economically self-sufficient by providing home-based child care services. Applications are due May 21, 2013.
Learn about more funding opportunities
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"Parent involvement" or "family engagement"? Head Start's "National Center on Parent, Family and Community Engagement" has a helpful chart comparing the distinctions. While parent involvement suggests participation, family engagement implies a partnership with shared input and responsibility in a more systematic way. Check out BRYCS' interactive training module to assist schools, educators and agencies as they engage with newcomer families & BRYCS' "Schools Toolkit!"
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BRYCS is the winner of The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children's (APSAC) Award for the Advancement of Cultural Competency in Child Maltreatment Prevention and Intervention!
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